okay at my original gym at uni i’m restricted to db chest movements on chest day cause it always packed so haven’t done barbell bench in a while and also don’t have any chest press machines
joined a better equipped gym over the holidays back home
had 2 chest workouts so far - higher rep range cause back at home cant eat as well so just trying ease off for a month
workout 1 (went gym on an empty stomach in the morning)
45 degree incline bb bench - 185 for 3 sets of 6-12
flat hs machine press - 70 on each side 3 sets of 10-12 (expected to be much stronger tried doing 90 but could only do 5 reps so dropped the weight was not too worried at the time cause it was my first time using a hs machine)
rest of the workout
workout 2 today (had a good meal an hour before gym)
bb bench - 95 warm up fine lol 135 for warm up and my right shoulder feels a bit weird and weight feels heavier on that side
i reset my form and go again and it feels better
try 185 and could barely get 4 reps :s so i just quit on that move and went to flat db’s
db bench - 75 for 3 sets of 8-12
incline hs machine press - was able to get up to 90 on each side 3 sets of 6-8
rest of the workout
so i was stronger on both incline movements for each move in one case having less food in workout one and in the second case was stronger on the incline hs machine even though it was a secondary movement
used the same grip for both barbell movements but back at uni i have done 165-185 for close grip bench press even after doing sets heavy weighted dips
focusing on bringing up my upper chest (going to start setting up the incline in the power rack at uni) so i guess its not to much of a bad thing right?
i just cant see what the issue may be any advice? any suggestions?